Unihertz Jelly Star, The World's Smallest 4G Android 13 Smartphone Transparent Design LED Light NFC OTG, Blue (Support T-Mobile & Verizon only)

This has replaced my iPhone 14. Can still use tap to pay and turn by turn nav, don't need an extra device for my podcasts and music, have my banking apps. Runs android 13 well, had more storage than my iPhone. Swipe to text is easy with minimal corrections needed. It took my screen time down from 11 hr daily average to three. It's so small and friendly looking even the worst texts from my boss don't feel as threatening. Fits in your pocket and is thick enough that it doesn't disappear down seat cracks when you drop it. I genuinely love this phone. When it dies I will be replacing it. The only complaint is that the camera is pretty mid to poor. Good in a pinch but can't take pics like other smart phones. If you're considering a change or just trying to have your phone take up less space in your life this is a great little phone and only 200$. Take the plunge and try it out

I really love the Unihertz Jelly Star tiny phone! The unboxing was a lot of fun with the cool packaging design. At first it seems like a plump little phone, but it is so perfectly ergonomic in the hand. The screen protector and clear case are pre-installed which is a great practice. It is easy to hold and easy to pocket in my straight fit pants. I ran 6 miles with it on the first day connected to my Fitbit and it was a great experience. I listened to a podcast, was using GPS, and bluetooth Jlab sport headphones were connected, and it handled it all no problem. Also, it was so nice to have a small device with me as opposed to my giant Moto G G5. The screen is crisp and it will take you a bit to get used to the tiny yet useable scale of the Android and app UI. The phone call quality blows my Moto G series phones away and my wife says I sound great. The speaker phone is very loud and of decent quality. The battery life seems pretty good and should last me a 1 1/2 day with my use of running, podcasts, and communications with family. The fingerprint sensor is so good and is in just the right place on the back of the Jelly. I love the programmable red button, and have it set to Google Assistant so I can ask it to tell me jokes :) If you long press the shortcut button you get the flashlight by default which I love. The keyboard seems ridiculously small but somehow it works well, and I can swipe type pretty easily. The back LED glyph lights seem like a fun gimmick, and they are and bring me joy in how they are used. I did disable them for music, but it is fun to show off for your kids. I love how they notify you when you are charging, receive a notification so you don't need to look at your phone, and have a neat sound paired with them. Also, there is a front notification light that takes me back to my Blackberry days! This phone seems to get out of the way and alerts you without the need to be drawn into your screen. I don't know about the camera quite yet, but I am sure it is a decent enough shooter for my needs at 48 MP. This might be my perfect minimalist phone paired with the Indistractable Launcher. This takes me back to when phones were fun and I am sure you will enjoy it too if you are looking for a tool and to get away from large screen phablets that have taken over and are designed to make us addicted. I hope Unihertz keeps making phones at this sale and add 5g next please.

I really really really wanted to love this phone. And I kinda do, but it fails in one really important way: reliability. Let me elaborate: I wanted a small phone because I want to emphasize the point that this is a tool. And I want this tool to be optimized for it's primary use case in my life: to speed up information flow. I want to be able to quickly pull it out of my pocket, jump to an app, do some quick interactions and information consumption, and put it back in my pocket. Or, do some focus work or reading on my bed, like I am typing this review out now on the jelly star. All with minimal hiccups, distractions, and interruptions. Anything else, like videos, games, social media- I don't mind if that experience sucks, because those are better saved for being intentionally done on a computer where the experience is gonna be way better than any phone ever could be. So, "reliability", and does it consistently "speed up information flow" in my life? No, unfortunately it does not. I'll highlight why in order of importance: Verizon issues, fingerprint reader issues, charger compatibility issues, battery life, Android issues. Verizon: The only thing worse than trying to get driving navigation on a 3 inch screen is that you also have no signal most of the time. I'm impressed that it works* on Verizon, the Jelly Star isn't certified and all the critical features appear to work- when I have a connection. The issue is that I have been experiencing way more signal dead zones around Seattle than I'm used to. On paper, the phone has LTE bands 2, 4, and 13, which to my knowledge should be everything needed for Verizon LTE, but something isn't working as well as other phones. The fingerprint reader fails more than I'm used to, to the point where it would be faster on average to turn off the fingerprint sensor and get used to typing in the pin every time. It should be done better than this, other fingerprint sensors are fine for me. I often charge my phone using Apple USB c MacBook chargers. But this phone doesn't accept charge from some of them, some of the time. The battery life is not good. On paper it should be okay, but in practice it is not. I lose about 20% per hour of active use, and a staggering 4% per hour of standby. So if I go to bed with it at 36% and it's not on the charger it will probably be dead in the morning. What all these issues build up to is that this phone ends up failing its primary purpose for me -speed up information flow in my life- because it constantly interrupts me with these annoying functional issues. It's arguably worse than being interrupted by social media apps! I believe there are better tools available for that job, not because I think they have a design better than the jelly star (they don't), but because they're more reliable- and that matters a lot to me. 4/5 stars because there's so much good here. I'd encourage you to check it out if you think you'll like it, because most of the issues I've had are fickle and could be better for someone else. But I also think that most people considering this phone are also looking for a reliable "tool" rather than a distraction box, and in that way I can't really recommend it based on my experience. I could see myself owning a future successor to this phone. Please make more phones like this Unihertz, or anyone. Preferably with ergonomics more like the iPhone 4- and don't forget to make it a reliable tool.

I bought this for my teenage daughter. She wanted a small smartphone that would fit in her pockets. There don't appear to be many options out there that are really small. She really likes this phone. It does all she needs, and runs the apps she needs, and it does indeed fit in her pockets. We have Verizon Prepaid, and just used the sim card from her previous phone. Worked like a charm. She has said that using Google Maps on such a small screen is a bit of a pain, but it does work and she has navigated all over the place with it. (I should add that Google's Messages app didn't seem to work quite right. Certain RCS messages failed, but wouldn't send MMS. I'm not sure if that was us setting it up wrong, or something with the phone, or just related to switching the sim card between phones. She is now using Verizon's messaging app and it's working fine. I add this to note we did have this problem, but I somehow suspect that the problem is not really with the phone since every other app works fine. In any case, she loves the phone despite this very slight hiccup.)

I ordered this phone because I wanted a phone that ACUTALLY FIT IN MY POCKET, also for less distractions. But I have to say this tiny phone is so flippin cute! It works like any other phone, the only difference is the size, and that its 4g.(which ik they'll probably make a 5g one soon.) But I have to say this phone does everything my 5g Samsung galaxy FE 21 does. The camera needs a Lil editing when taking pics at night especially if the room you're in is yellow or like an olive or cactus color. Also the battery lasts very well throughout the day. I've been playing music and a few phone games on it and it's battery holds up very well. So if anyone is looking to downsize on distractions or want a good phone that fits in their pocket I definitely recommend this phone! ☺️👍😊

This would not work on Verizon even though they claim it will several times. I will not call Verizon to ask them to whitelist this phone because that's not my job. Just be a phone that doesn't need a workaround to use. This phone was cool for the first 10 minutes and I loved the idea of smaller phones, but this wouldn't work on Verizon for me. The issue I ran into was having mobile data but not able to get calls or texts. Every solution told me to call Verizon to have them whitelist the phone and that's when I gave up. If I have to call to get a workaround to have basic phone capabilities, then I can expect future issues that should be avoided altogether.

Got this ad a first phone for our son. It has held up very well! On day 3, our son dropped it in the snow, and it immediately shut off (due to the extreme temperature), so we couldn't track it's location. 3 days later, when the snow finally melted, we were able to find it. So it had snow and water and dirt exposure. After drying it out for a couple days, then charging it up, it worked perfectly. It is a very small phone, so keep finger size in mind when purchasing, for typing purposes.

My favorite mobile device I've ever used! So I bet you're wondering what's with the three star rating. Just from the perspective of it as a private device, the Jelly Star is absolutely fantastic phone for having the minimum features required in a modern digital life, without comically large device constantly demanding your attention and sucking your life force. It's relatively bug-free and I have a generally good experience with the device. I highly recommend it for private users. That said, I also was hoping to use it as a work device, but it turns out that it's unusable in reasonable situations requiring a secure device (for example, as a corporate work device). You are not able to change to Lineage OS and lock the bootloader without getting caught in a boot loop, nor does GrapheneOS support the device officially (they only support Pixel devices). The issue Unihertz has a business model of creating a process to manufacture Android products based on funding from Kickstarter launches, but does not provide post-launch "Keeping The Lights On" support for their devices with security updates. In most cases, not even one. They also do not post the source code in compliance with GPL, which makes it difficult to see what changes they have made. This means that despite the $200+ price tag, you will not receive any support for the software on the device. If you don't need Google services, want security updates, and value your privacy, I highly recommend changing to Lineage OS and using F-Droid for software. There are drawbacks. Some functions break: face unlock, haptic feedback when typing, custom LEDs on the back of the device. It won't be usable in high security situations because it will be vulnerable to direct physical attacks from bad actors due to the bootloader being unlocked (unlikely to be an issue unless you've been targeted by a powerful organization, as they would need direct physical access to your device), but it's a fantastic private-use device. It's such a light and powerful device, I'd love to see someone reverse engineer its hardware and put out custom ROMs so I can use it until 4g is taken out of service.

Lo usé en México, incluye su cargador, mica y funda; funciona con todos los operadores de México, la batería no dura mucho pero es lo esperable para el tamaño del dispositivo, con un uso moderado dura un día sin problemas, en cuanto a rendimiento es bueno

一台目のディスプレイを落として割ってしまい、2台目の購入です。バッテリー容量は少ないですが、私の場合一日一回充電すれば全く問題ないので重宝しています。動作も遅いと感じたことはないです。

AGGIORNAMENTO DOPO UN ANNO DALL'ACQUISTO! Faccio i miei complimenti ad Unihertz e ad Amazon! E' uno smartphone assolutamente valido, performante e funzionale. In questo anno non si è mai e dico MAI impuntato o bloccato. Ha 256GB di Memoria Interna!! Tutto gira fluido e senza rallentamenti anche con tanti account e sincronizzazioni varie! Io ancora non riesco a capire perchè quando scrivi in rete "mini smartphone" questo Unihertz non esce e se esce esce molto in basso nelle pagine... Ci sono altri mini smartphone ma fanno veramente pena (provati...). Ma questo Unihertz Jelly Star è piccolo solo nelle dimensioni! CONFERMO LE MIE 5 STELLE per questo apparecchio. Anche la Fotocamera fa foto di degno rispetto e risoluzione. Le macro, ancora meglio! E' assurdo è assurdo che non venga conosciuto di più dalla gente! Io mi offrirei volentieri come endorsement di UNIHERTZ, fa sempre telefoni spettacolari. E Amazon fa un lavoro eccezionale come sempre! Se volete provare a fare una bella pazzia, provate questo telefono! Sembra di avere una piccola saponetta in mano, ma in realtà avete uno smartphone che non vi lascia. La batteria vi fa la giornata, ma se avete bisogno di dargli una "rinfrescata" in 10 minuti ve la carica la metà! Perchè è piccola e quindi si ricarica straveloce! Datemi retta, provatelo. Ah...una cosa: non è il mio secondo telefono o telefono di emergenza; è il mio primo telefono! Mamma mia!!! Smartphone stupendo uno dei miei preferiti in assoluto in tutta la mia vita. Veloce, affidabile, buonissima fotocamera, colori ottimi, display definito, si legge meglio qui il contrasto che su altri telefoni, simpatico con funzioni speciali, con musica e led (che io non uso nemmeno...) Il telefono è molto piccolo, ma c'è da dire una cosa, non sono piccole le icone i le impostazioni o altro, è solo più piccolo il dispaly, ma la grandezza delle icone è la stessa e il contrasto è formidabile. Questo è un telefono che non sarà molto in giro e la gente non lo capirà, ma io l'ho capito. Ovvio, la tastiera è piccolina e bisogna abituarsi, ma c'è sia lo swipe sulla tastiera (velocissimo) e il microfono che potete sempre dettare il messaggio e lui lo scrive! Altro piccolo contro, è la batteria che essendo tutto piccolo è piccola anche lei, ma anche il display è piccolo quindi vi può tranquillamente far finire la giornata senza problemi, ma c'è una buona notizia...che essendo piccola si ricarica in pochissimi minuti, se proprio avete avuto una giornata di stress tecnologico, allora basteranno anche solo 10 minuti e ve lo ricarica quasi tutto e a quel punto non riuscirete a scaricarlo fino al giorno dopo! Io ci faccio tutto, da pagamenti, agli account email, apre tutte le pagine senza problemi e con velocità. Per me è un telefono da avere e lo consiglio vivamente! E poi.... finalmente è possibile mettersi di nuovo un telefono in tasca senza darti noia, anzi non lo sentirai nemmeno. Io spesso vado nel panico perchè non lo trovo e invece è solo in fondo alla tasca! Super soddisfatto, consiglio l'acquisto! Mi raccomando però, siate consapevoli di quello che state acquistando! Super felice!

I have wanted a small smartphone for a long time and have tried a couple different devices (e.g. Cubot Kingkong mini 2 pro and some other older androids) but in the end decided to go with Jelly Star. It's a great phone which packs more features that most flag ships today. You get your 8GB RAM, 256 GB internal storage, SD card slot, IR blaster to control your TV with, rear mounted fingerprint senson, even a headphone jack and my favourite - front LED notification light (as well as those funky LED lights on the back). In terms of performance, Helio G99 is only a 4G SOC but plenty fast and in terms of performance, I'd say it's on par with midrange phones of yesteryear such as Pixel 4A. It may get a touch warm under load but never hot and due to its tiny size, you are not likely to play Genshin Impact on it anyway (although it can handle it well) and my kids borrow it when I'm not looking to play Pokemon Go :) Screen is positively tiny (3") and relatively low resolution but due to its small size you still get decent pixel density so image quality is actually very good. Camera is OK. Nothing to write home about but for casual snaps and video calls it's OK. Battery life - Now I am not a huge phone user as I prefer to use other devices to browse the internet and watch stuff online so your mileage may vary. With phone being fully charged by 6AM, I have about 60% battery left by 10 PM. That's with some web browsing, phone calls, online banking and some other app use. I am perfectly happy with this. Signal quality is decent and phone calls are OK. One thing I was worried about was the typing experience on such a small screen. I am fairly tall with big hands and chunky fingers so I was surprised to see how easy it was to type on it. Your experience may differ but I find that using glide typing on gboard works very well and I don't have any issues with it. Small screen is obviously not ideal for use with apps like Google Sheets but for general viewing is OK if you manage your expectations. I got the phone delivered around mid-September 2023 and got one firmware update since then. I would not expect any Android updates on this device (given Unihertz history) but it would be nice to get at least a few Android security updates going forward. It runs on fairly stock Android 13 so you should not have any issues with app compatibility. It has 8 GB of RAM so multitasking should not be an issue but I found that the system is very, very trigger happy with killing apps running in the background, to the point where it liked to kill my music player when streaming via bluetooth in my car. You can change this 'optimisation' on per app basis in settings (which worked) but I don't see the need to have 8GB RAM to just kill everything else that's not running mentality (but that is similar with other Android devices). Overall, I am really happy with this device and I'm planning to keep it as my daily driver for a long time. By the way, I just got a new work phone which is a giant 6.6" Samsung. I found that keeping those two phones together on my desk is always a good conversation starter.

Llevo más de una año con él. Lo utilizo como segundo móvil con una MultiSIM de mi linea principal para las ocasiones en las que no quiero llevar un mastodonte de más de 6 pulgadas en el bolsillo... Tal cual cumple con todas las especificaciones de la descripción, añadir que tiene posibilidad de llevar microSD (ó segunda SIM), que la Radio FM necesita conectar los auriculares para que funcione (los usa de antena) y que tiene grabación de llamadas de manera nativa (mediante un botón flotante que aparece durante la llamada). Android Auto, pago por el Wallet de Google (NFC), buen posicionamiento GPS, Maps, Waze, todo sin problema, es rápido y ágil y la cámara pues... cumple, en ocasiones te has de pelear con el el sensor de huellas. En la virtud de lo pequeño que es pueden estar sus inconvenientes: la pantalla al ser tan pequeña puede que manejar algunas aplicaciones sea complicado, escribir se ve relegado a utilizar la función de dictado por voz que viene integrado con el teclado de Google, pequeña es la batería de 2.000 mAh, aunque si pedimos que sea pequeño, ¿qué queremos?. Otro tema es que solo llegó una actualización de seguridad, se ha quedado estancado a mediados del 2023.